Explore Commanding through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dominating or overlooking. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Commanding in a sentence
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Commanding meaning
- Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
- Impressively dominant; very good and impressive.
- Dominating from above, giving a wide view (of a place or position)
Synonyms of Commanding
Using Commanding
- The main meaning on this page is: Tending to give commands, authoritarian. | Impressively dominant; very good and impressive. | Dominating from above, giving a wide view (of a place or position)
- Useful related words include: dominating, overlooking, high.
- In the example corpus, commanding often appears in combinations such as: commanding officer, the commanding, commanding lead.
Context around Commanding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commanding
- In this selection, "commanding" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, officer, prospective, submarine, officer, eastern and officers stand out and add context to how "commanding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include romero officer commanding eastern division and a commanding james pearson. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commanding" sits close to words such as barrels, bloom and constitute, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commanding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A commanding presence does not, however, guarantee runaway success. (9 words)
ACP Hilberto Romero, Officer Commanding Eastern Division:“We do not know at this time. (14 words)
And a necklace of points allowed Dromtariffe take a commanding 2-19 to 0-8 grip at the interval. (19 words)
According to a translated copy of the letter reproduced in the 1955 book “The Mongol Mission,” Guyuk indicated he didn’t understand the pope’s request that he convert to Christianity and insisted that God was on his side, commanding his troops to conquer. (44 words)
Agbalaka scored the match winner for Nigeria against hosts Egypt to help their Flying Eagles record their first win at the tournament and also followed it up with another commanding display in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Mozambique in their last group game. (44 words)
A new independent Louisiana governor’s race poll shows Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry in a “commanding position” at this stage of the race with a wide lead on all of his GOP rivals and ahead of the only Democrat in the field. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer Commanding Officer, Nigeria Army, Asaba, the Delta State Police Commissioner, and other senior military officers escorted the monarch to the Asaba International Airport.
The change of command ceremony is a traditional Navy ceremony where the ship's crew witness the transfer of power from the commanding officer to the prospective commanding officer.
He served as a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine in a time where there were only a handful of African American nuclear submarine commanding officers.
The commanding officer of the air group (usually a capitaine de frégate—equivalent to commander) is subordinate to the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier, a senior captain.
Abiodun, according to a statement on Wednesday, disclosed this when he received the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Mustapha Bala Hassan, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
According to a translated copy of the letter reproduced in the 1955 book “The Mongol Mission,” Guyuk indicated he didn’t understand the pope’s request that he convert to Christianity and insisted that God was on his side, commanding his troops to conquer.
A commanding James Pearson was spot on as Thorin Oakenshield, channelling the dwarf leader’s posturing bravado, soldierly ambition and pride – and with a great singing voice to boot.
A commanding presence does not, however, guarantee runaway success.
ACP Hilberto Romero, Officer Commanding Eastern Division:“At this time investigators are out there and trying to establish a motive.
ACP Hilberto Romero, Officer Commanding Eastern Division:“We do not know at this time.
Agbalaka scored the match winner for Nigeria against hosts Egypt to help their Flying Eagles record their first win at the tournament and also followed it up with another commanding display in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Mozambique in their last group game.
All-around athlete Logan Aldridge, Peloton's resident adaptive training consultant, has a commanding-yet-welcoming energy that's guaranteed to give you a good workout.
A memorial plaque and bench were unveiled by his sister-in-law, and his 90-year-old brother handed over his VC to the safekeeping of the commanding officer of the present-day No. 22 Squadron.
Among those sanctioned are two militia leaders in the DRC for violating international humanitarian law by commanding groups to carry out acts of sexual violence, Désiré Londroma Ndjukpa and William Yakutumba.
And a necklace of points allowed Dromtariffe take a commanding 2-19 to 0-8 grip at the interval.
And O’Connor finally grabbed a deserved try when he dotted down Alcester’s bonus point score to put the home side into a commanding 22-0 lead at the break.
And while commercial free-to-air TV is declining fast, it’s still commanding attention for longer periods, particularly when it comes to Australia’s insatiable demand for live sport broadcasts.
A new General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 6 Division Nigerian Army/ Land Component Commander Joint Task Force (South-South) Operation Delta Safe has assumed Command.
A new independent Louisiana governor’s race poll shows Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry in a “commanding position” at this stage of the race with a wide lead on all of his GOP rivals and ahead of the only Democrat in the field.
AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of the 2020 electorate, found that about 6 in 10 self-identified union members supported Biden, a margin that outpaced Trump but was not commanding.
Common combinations with commanding
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: